DAZ Studio now with nVidia Iray renderer

DAZ 3D, a leading global marketer of 3D software and 3D art content, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement to make NVIDIA® Iray® 2015 available for free to anyone who uses DAZ Studio. The public beta of this offering, “DAZ Studio Iradium,” is available starting today and can be downloaded at www.daz3d.com.
NVIDIA Iray 2015 is the world's first GPU-accelerated and physically based, photo-realistic rendering solution.
For more than 15 years, DAZ 3D has produced and offered 3D models for use by amateur and professional graphic artists worldwide. With today’s news, DAZ Studio will be the first application to make Iray 2015 available to the public. DAZ Studio users will be able to use the newest version of the advanced rendering technology that is available in premium products such as Maya and 3D Studio Max.
Vince Brisebois, VP of Software with DAZ 3D, commented, “People in the industry already know DAZ 3D for our high-quality, realistic human figures. DAZ Studio Iradium takes that realism a step further with render results that reflect real-world surface behaviors. With Iray’s photo-realistic, GPU-accelerated performance, artists can simply click a button to get professional results even without advanced knowledge of computer graphics and lighting techniques.”
“Graphics artists will love the new capabilities coming with Iray 2015—and how rapidly DAZ 3D is bringing it to customers with the new Iradium feature,” said Phillip Miller, Director of Advanced Rendering Products at NVIDIA. “Iray’s interactive realism and scalable performance bring DAZ’s superb models to life.”
About DAZ 3D
Founded in 2000, DAZ 3D offers 3D software, content, and print capabilities, all from one source. DAZ 3D focuses on morph-able, pose-able human models and assets to work with them, two of which are the most widely used and recognized 3D figures worldwide. Downloaded more than 3 million times and used by top brands and illustrators, DAZ Studio gives amateurs and professional graphic artists a free, time-saving tool to create and customize their creations. DAZ is used in film, TV, animation, video games, web design, print illustrations, and more.
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